A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Murray, Augustus George Ernest

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MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)

Augustus George Ernest Murray, born in 1823, is eldest son (by Ruperta Catherine, only child of the late Sir Geo. Wright, Bart.) of the Rev. Edw. Murray, Vicar of Northolt, co. Middlesex, grandson of John, third Duke of Atholl. He is nephew of the Bishop of Rochester, of the late Countess of Ilchester, and of Hon. Amelia Matilda Murray, Maid of Honour to the Queen; and cousin of Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, R.N.

This officer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1844; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, had been serving for a few months in the Channel as Mate of the St. Vincent 120, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He has since been on half-pay.

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